Abstract
Background Extreme temperatures are associated with increased mortality among humans. The use of animal sentinels may improve causality of epidemiologic findings in humans and may provide additional insights. Animal sentinels have the advantage that they are less subject to concurrent exposures, bias due to confounding, and exposure misclassification than human populations. Therefore, we investigated the effects of low and high ambient temperature on the risk of mortality among dairy cattle.
Highlights
Extreme temperatures are associated with increased mortality among humans
Animal sentinels have the advantage that they are less subject to concurrent exposures, bias due to confounding, and exposure misclassification than human populations
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Summary
Bianca Cox1*, Antonio Gasparrini[2], Boudewijn Catry[3], Jaco Vangronsveld[4], Tim Nawrot[4]
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